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Visiting some festivals of the National Races around Upper Myanmar.

• Kachin Manaw Festival
• Chin ceremony of Khaung Cawi, honouring one’s beloved
• Nar-Ga New Year
• The Lisu and Rawang celebrate in full traditional costume at Christmas

Studying about Religion & Religious Ceremonies at Mandalay

• Listening to sermon in the evening of Myanmar New Year in everywhere
• Novices and ear-piercing ceremony
• Alms-giving at every morning for monks – daily routine of the monks and novices
• Ordination during Water Festival – Men enter as a monk and abstain from participating at water festival, they practice listening to sermon and meditation.
• Abidhamma Training – special arrangement for interesting people to learn Abidhamma in Myanmar and English in their spare time, especially weekend.
• Studying the Meditation Center
• Monastic Education – Monks at village or city monasteries have taught children without any fee, especially for primary level.
• Nat Ceremonies- (Taung Pyone, Yadanagu festival)

Studying about Traditional Arts & Crafts at Mandalay

• Lacquerware Gold & Silver Smith
• Blacksmith Ivory carving
• Wood carving Jade sculpture
• Stone carving Precious stone sculpture
• Gold leaf Slipper making
• Tapestry Silk Weaving & cotton weaving
• Bronze casting Painting
• Pottery

Visiting one of the local festival in Mandalay

• Mahamuni Pagoda Festival – mostly in February, pilgrimage thousands of people from nearby districts)
• Kyauk Taw Gyi Pagoda Festival – a ritual of offering a filled alms bowl to a thousand and more monks and novices, with many shop stalls and Zat Pwes at the foot of Mandalay Hill.
• Food offering to the monks with Zat Pwe at mostly every quarter during the winter.

Visiting the less traveled where around Mandalay & Upper Myanmar

• Ayeyarwady Dolphins – as a tourist attraction, about 77 km north of Mandalay, near Myae Zun village
• Shwe Kyet Kya & Shwe Kyet Yet - about a mile west of Amarapura on the bank of Ayeyarwaddy, for the view of Sagaing Hill, Ayeyarwaddy river and the Ava Bridge
• Thakinma Hill – Gathering flower festival in April, about 9 miles northeast of Mandalay
• Shwe Sar Yan Village and Pagoda Festival - mostly in March, about 10 miles southeast of Mandalay, about 4 miles from Mandalay – Pyin Oo Lwin highway, built by Saw Mon Hla, queen of king Anawrahta, can see Pagan period mural at side pagodas’ walls.
• Ye Ta Gone Hill – about 7 miles east of Mandalay, about 45 minute trek with nice views of the mountain, overlooking Golf Resort.
• Kyauk Se Hill – about 40 miles south of Mandalay, trekking with nice views
• Mekkyaya Ancient City – about 35 miles south of Mandalay, can see ruin of Pyu cemetery
• Dat Taw Gyaik Falls – magnificent fall, about 1.5 miles for Mandalay – Pyin Oo Lwin highway, in the village of Anisakan, reached by a 45 minute trek through forest.
• A Huge Teak - Painne Gone (Jackfruit) Village at Pyin Oo Lwin Township, about 3:30 hour trekking from the village.
• Yankin Hill & Mya Kyauk Monastery – about 3 miles east of Mandalay palace, nice view of a mountain and the quiet and relaxed place, a cave altar with gold fish at the foot of the pagoda , monastery is famous for natural mineral water.
• Three forts (Asekhan, Thabyedan , Singyone) in Inwa - overlooking the Ayeyarwady and a last- ditch defence in the Third Anglo-Burmese War
• Kyaukka Village and Shwe Gu Ni Pagoda in Monywa – a simple village 12 miles east of the city and fame for lacquerware, famous pagoda about half a mile west of the city for its fulfilling powers.